Thursday, September 8, 2016

Telco: New commercial models

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a new proposal, "The FCC has a plan to free us from our cable boxes" here at Wired.com:

"But cable providers may still fight this proposal. This is the latest in a string of plans hatched by the FCC to rein in the telecommunications industry, including the agency’s net neutrality rules and new regulations on how much telcos can charge for phone calls made from prisons. The telco industry is currently fighting the the FCC’s net neutrality regulations, and has already defeated the agency’s attempt to stop states from banning municipal Internet service. With $20 billion a year in rental fees on the line, the industry is unlikely to stand still."